The anti-immigrant sentiment in America in the 1920s, exemplified by the case against Sacco and Vanzetti, provides a pertinent reminder of the power of nativism as an establishment faces threatening social changes.
about the author
Richard Alba is in the sociology department at the Graduate Center of the City Uni- versity of New York. He is the author of Blurring the Color Line: The New Chance for a More Integrated America.
Feature
Sacco and Vanzetti and The Immigrant Threat
about the author
Lori Delale-O’Connor is in the sociology program at Northwestern University. She studies education, social stratification, and culture.
Culture Review
Culture Goes To Camp
Many “culture camps” seek to enhance transnational adoptees’ sense of ethnic identify. While camps may not achieve this goal, they do provide a space for adoptees and their parents to feel supported, create networks, and explore an “adoptive” identity.
about the author
Edward E. Telles is in the sociology department at Princeton University. He is the author (with Vilma Ortiz) of Generations of Exclusion: Mexican Americans, Assimilation, and Race.
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Mexican Americans And Immigrant Incorporation
Immigrant incorporation has long been thought of as a linear process of assimilation on the model of early 20th century European immigrants. But sociologists are finding that today’s immigrants don’t fit this model. Studies of Mexican immigrants show in microcosm a more uneven, varied process of becoming American.
about the author
Ronald J. Berger is in the department of sociology, anthropology, and criminal justice at the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater. He is the author of Hoop Dreams on Wheels: Disability and the Competitive Wheelchair Athlete.
Feature
Jewish Americans And The Holocaust
Holocaust survivors have not always been revered or remembered as they are today. This article traces the historical and sociological factors that have made the Holocaust into a powerful symbol not only for Jewish ethnic identity, but for all people.
about the author
Casey Brienza is a Ph.D. student in the sociology department at the University of Cambridge. She studies manga publishing and transnational production of contemporary book culture.
Book Review
Adoption, White Women, and the Keeping of Culture
International adoption has been a growing trend in the U.S. in recent years. Casey Brienza discusses “culture keeping” through three books written by white adoptive mothers. Her discussion highlights the challenges inherent in adoptive family formation in a society where race, ethnicity, and national culture are assumed to go hand-in-hand.
about the author
Oliver Wang is in the sociology department at California State University, Long Beach. He is the author of the forthcoming book Legions of Boom: Filipino American Mobile Disc Jockeys of the San Francisco Bay Area.
Culture Review
To Live and Dine in Kogi L.A.
While praised for being a more youthful, multiethnic, and tech savvy form of food delivery, Kogi trucks providing ethnic fusion street food in Los Angeles also illustrate the persistence of socioeconomic divisions in urban life. According to Oliver Wang, Kogi demonstrates that there are still lines that aren’t crossed when it comes to urban ethnic relations.
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